BYU - HIST 201, Exam 1 (Carter)
Questions with Complete Solutions
2025-2026 Updated.
Date: Earliest agricultural revolutions - Answer 10,000-12,000 BCE
Date: Natufian Society - Answer 12500 - 9500 BCE
Date: Beginning of Indo-European migrations - Answer 4500 - 2000 BCE. Migrant bands that
settled alla round Eurasia - Celts in Britain, the Persians
Date: First cities in Mesopotamia - Answer 3500 BCE
Date: Beginnings of Vedic (Aryan) culture - Answer 1500 BCE
Date: Beginning of Indus Valley (Harappan) civilization - Answer 2200-2000 BCE
Date: Xia dynasty - Answer 2070 to 1600 BCE
Date: Epic of Gilgamesh compiled - Answer 2000 BCE
Date: First cities in Egypt - Answer 3500 BCE
Date: Reign of Hammurabi - Answer 1792-1750 BCE
Date: Shang dynasty - Answer 1600 BCE
Akhenaten - Answer Monotheist
Worship centered on Aten - didn't last long though
(Amenhotep IV)
Aryans - Answer Indo-Europeans that went to India
Invaded northern India
displaced the Dravidian and other aboriginal people
Lighter skinned
, Started the Class (Caste) system
Axum - Answer First sub-Saharan civilization
Thrived when monsoon patterns changed
Part of Indian-Ocean trade network
Adopted Christianity
Indigenous writing system
Giant Stele Axum
Disappeared - monsoon rain patterns changed
Brahman - Answer Universal soul - state of what Indians want to achieve
Hindu - creator God
Caste System - Answer Created by the Aryans
Rigid Hindu system of hereditary social distinctions
India
Brought social stability because it helped order people, and they were less likely to revolt
Catal Huyuk - Answer World's first proto-society
Southern Anatolia (turkey)
flourished around 7000 BCE
Very egalitarian
Buried loved ones underneath them
Artwrok
Chinook Society - Answer North America (Washington)
dependent on Fishing for survival
Sedentary hunter gatherers
Clovis Culture - Answer North America
Hunger-gatherers
Hunted bison and Mammoth with a projectile point
Disappeared when large mammals became extinct
Complex society - Answer - MUST HAVE: Surplus agricultural production
Questions with Complete Solutions
2025-2026 Updated.
Date: Earliest agricultural revolutions - Answer 10,000-12,000 BCE
Date: Natufian Society - Answer 12500 - 9500 BCE
Date: Beginning of Indo-European migrations - Answer 4500 - 2000 BCE. Migrant bands that
settled alla round Eurasia - Celts in Britain, the Persians
Date: First cities in Mesopotamia - Answer 3500 BCE
Date: Beginnings of Vedic (Aryan) culture - Answer 1500 BCE
Date: Beginning of Indus Valley (Harappan) civilization - Answer 2200-2000 BCE
Date: Xia dynasty - Answer 2070 to 1600 BCE
Date: Epic of Gilgamesh compiled - Answer 2000 BCE
Date: First cities in Egypt - Answer 3500 BCE
Date: Reign of Hammurabi - Answer 1792-1750 BCE
Date: Shang dynasty - Answer 1600 BCE
Akhenaten - Answer Monotheist
Worship centered on Aten - didn't last long though
(Amenhotep IV)
Aryans - Answer Indo-Europeans that went to India
Invaded northern India
displaced the Dravidian and other aboriginal people
Lighter skinned
, Started the Class (Caste) system
Axum - Answer First sub-Saharan civilization
Thrived when monsoon patterns changed
Part of Indian-Ocean trade network
Adopted Christianity
Indigenous writing system
Giant Stele Axum
Disappeared - monsoon rain patterns changed
Brahman - Answer Universal soul - state of what Indians want to achieve
Hindu - creator God
Caste System - Answer Created by the Aryans
Rigid Hindu system of hereditary social distinctions
India
Brought social stability because it helped order people, and they were less likely to revolt
Catal Huyuk - Answer World's first proto-society
Southern Anatolia (turkey)
flourished around 7000 BCE
Very egalitarian
Buried loved ones underneath them
Artwrok
Chinook Society - Answer North America (Washington)
dependent on Fishing for survival
Sedentary hunter gatherers
Clovis Culture - Answer North America
Hunger-gatherers
Hunted bison and Mammoth with a projectile point
Disappeared when large mammals became extinct
Complex society - Answer - MUST HAVE: Surplus agricultural production
